McGovern criticizes Nixon payroll tax hike plan
Sen George McGovern contends President Nixon plans a $6 billion yearly payroll tax increase to fund broader Social Security benefits starting Sunday. He favors funding via restoring corporate levies and urges alternative financing while launching a 12 hour tour with Kennedy and Mills to rally labor and Democrats.
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ST. Michael's. Md
UPI
Sen
George
McGovern
Nixon
MecCovern
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Richard Nixon
Chesapeake Bay
Kennedy and Mills
Washington
Tax deadline extended for Washington County taxpayers
Washington County taxpayers may pay property taxes without penalty through Monday evening as the treasurer Wallace Fagen explained the office was closed on Saturday and the extra day is granted to complete payments. Meanwhile Eli Lilly disputed Sen. Gaylord Nelson’s price comparison for Darvon noting US price at 5.85 and Ireland price at 2.14 per prescription due to differing conditions and costs.
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Wallace Fagen
Washington
UPI
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Darvon
United States
Ireland
Eli Lilly and Co
Nelson
Two-car crash kills Utumwa man on Iowa 146
An Utumwa man James Topping aged 31 died when his car crossed the centerline and head on collided with a second auto driven by Hubert Wormhoudt 53 of Ottumwa. Jimmie Crouse 34 of Keosauqua injured in Toppings car. Hazel Wormhoudt 48 hospitalized with back injuries and facial cuts. Jimmie Crouse treated for head and facial lacerations. The second driver and wife were hospitalized with leg arm injuries and facial cuts.
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UPD
Here
Iowa 146
Iowa Highway Patrol
James Topping
Topping
Jimmie Crouse
Keosauqua
Iowa City
Hubert Wormhoudt
Ottumwa
Hazel
Wormhoudt Auto
Fairfield
UPI
Donnellson
Iowa I
Oscar Leyb
Jay Wagner
Lockridge
Wagner
Gladys
Pentagon denies freed prisoners kidnap claim
The Pentagon rejected Hanoi Radio and antiwar charges that three U S pilots released by North Vietnam were kidnapped on return to U S soil. The fliers Gartley Charles and Elias spent their first day home in military hospitals, examined and visited by families, with officials saying they volunteered for release and faced no conditions.
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Hanoi Radio
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North Vietnam
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Norris A. Charles
Air Force
Edward K. Elias
New York
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Peking
Moscow
Copenhagen
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Cora Weiss
Mrs. Weiss
Dellinger
United States
Roger Shields
Defense Secretary
Shields
Southeast Asia
Gartley
St. Albans Naval Hospital
New York City
Charles
Balboa Naval Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Elias
Maxwell Air Force Hospital
Montgomery
Ala
ICC head may step aside in Avoca grain case
Iowa Governor Ray may require ICC Chairman Maurice Van Nostrand to abstain from a hearing over the license revocation of Avoca grain dealer Claude Myler. Ray says it would be improper for Van Nostrand to sit on the case though Van Nostrand says he will step aside only if asked, noting no strong personal stake.
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Ray
van Nostrand
ICC
Myler
Africa train crash near Capetown kills dozens
A speeding passenger train plunged down a 15 foot embankment ten miles north of Malmesbury killing at least 48 people and injuring 144, including 73 seriously, according to a South African railways spokesman.
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Capetown
Malmesbury
South African Railways
Los Alamos Turns To Cancer Research At New Meson Facility
Los Alamos scientists, famed for the first atomic bomb, will now apply their work to cancer research at the Clinton P. Anderson Meson Physics Facility in New Mexico. The $57 million, half mile long complex housing a powerful proton accelerator was dedicated by Julie Nixon Eisenhower on behalf of President Nixon. AEC Commissioner Clarence Larson praised the project as a major new scientific tool with potential cancer treatment benefits for mankind.
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UPI
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Nixon
Clarence Larson
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Eisenhower
Weather Town Zone 13 warming trend into Sunday
A warming trend continues through Sunday in Weather Town Zone 13 with partly cloudy skies today and tonight. Highs reach near 60 today, then Sunday highs in the lower 70s. Light variable winds this morning shifting to southwest 8 to 15 mph this afternoon and tonight, with tonight’s low around 40.
Gannon near end of statewide horseback campaign ride
Iowa Democrat Bill Gannon, a Mingo farmer, nears the 1,200 mile mark of his plan to ride across the state to advocate legislative reform. He returns to Mingo for a celebratory rally aboard Big Red with about 400 supporters, while stressing a positive, issue driven campaign and noting roadside hospitality.
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Mingo
Gannon
Des Moines
Mingo Area
Chuck Gerhardt
Gerhardt
Bob
Bill
Arthur Neu R Carroll
Iowa
Big Red
Queenie
Martial law crackdown expands arrests in Philippines
Manila under martial law as authorities announce about 200 detainees nationwide and new raids on a sugar magnate and other traders. Arrests include former Huk leader Goh Eng Guan and Gov. Espinosa, with military tribunals set to try 52 gunrunners and corrupt officials.
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UPI
Philippines
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Antonio Roxas Chua
Tatad
Moises Espinosa
Masbate
Huk “Supremo
Luis Tarue Goh Eng Guan
China
Goh
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Marcos
Tarac
Huk
Taruc
Christian Socialist Movement
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